International Labor Defense

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1920
Active 1925

Biographical notes:

Established by the Communist Party of the United States of America as its legal defense arm in 1925 to aid labor, political prisoners, and victims of reactionary violence. Using mass demonstrations and publicity, the International Labor Defense (ILD) conducted national and worldwide campaigns to gather support for its cases. In 1946 the ILD merged with the Civil Rights Congress.

From the description of International Labor Defense records, 1926-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517436

From the guide to the International Labor Defense records, 1926-1946, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Anarchism
  • Anarchism
  • Communist parties
  • Communist parties
  • Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886
  • Labor
  • Labor and laboring classes
  • Labor and laboring classes
  • Labor movement
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Sacco
  • Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Trials
  • Trials
  • Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
  • Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
  • Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
  • Trials (Rape)
  • Trials (Rape)
  • Working class
  • Working class

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Places:

  • New Mexico--Gallup (as recorded)
  • Gallup (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Braintree (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Alabama--Scottsboro (as recorded)
  • Alabama--Scottsboro (as recorded)
  • Gallup (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Atlanta (as recorded)
  • New Mexico (as recorded)

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